UNSPSC 50443269: Frozen tuxedo corn

The variety of corn known as tuxedo corn that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443269 Frozen tuxedo corn, a Commodity code, describes a narrow produce category where state and local governments procure frozen corn products—typically whole-kernel or mixed-vegetable blends containing corn—for institutional food service programs. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers using this code for both standalone frozen corn line items and as part of broader frozen-vegetable or institutional grocery procurements serving correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, and senior services. The code sits within a larger institutional food-service procurement ecosystem where frozen produce is a standardized commodity input rather than a specialty item, often bundled with dozens or hundreds of other food line items in single RFQs and IFBs.

State corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, school districts, and county social-services departments dominate the issuing-body mix. Oregon Department of Corrections has posted multiple frozen-vegetable ITBs in recent months, including dedicated frozen corn solicitations; Texas Health and Human Services Commission (serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide) has run several large food procurement campaigns; Montgomery County, Pennsylvania has solicited groceries and produce for its correctional facility twice in the past six months; and school districts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Illinois regularly bid food service contracts that include frozen corn or corn-based vegetable blends. Activity spans Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New Jersey, with state-level procurement offices and regional purchasing consortia driving volume. Representative recent opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017451 (40,000 pounds frozen corn, due July 24, 2026, FOB Destination Salem with delivery within 30 days, $0.498 per-pound reference pricing from prior award to Alpine Food), Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017338 (frozen food products across 18 qualified ordering entities statewide, estimated $9 million annual volume, due August 18, 2026), and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 (approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food items for senior services, due October 19, 2026, with delivery to Lawrenceville, Georgia). Pricing in recent awards has ranged from $0.498 to $0.67 per pound for whole-kernel frozen corn; delivery windows typically allow 30 to 45 days from purchase order issuance, with FOB Destination and refrigerated transport standard. Set-asides and state-resident preferences appear in Oregon procurements (5% each for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-based vendors, maximum 10% combined) and are absent from most Texas and county-level solicitations. No recent activity suggests concentration in a single state or issuing body—the market is distributed across multiple states and institutional buyers, each running independent procurement cycles tied to fiscal-year funding.